DKIM, which is an abbreviation for DomainKeys Identified Mail, is an email validation system, which hinders email headers from being forged and email content from being meddled with. This is done by adding an electronic signature to every email sent from an address under a certain domain name. The signature is created based on a private encryption key that is available on the outbound mail server and it can be validated with a public key, which is available in the global Domain Name System. In this way, any email with altered content or a spoofed sender can be identified by mail service providers. This approach will strengthen your online security noticeably and you will be sure that any message sent from a business associate, a banking institution, etc., is legitimate. When you send email messages, the receiver will also be sure that you are indeed the one who has sent them. Any email message that turns out to be fake may either be marked as such or may never be delivered to the recipient’s mailbox, based on how the particular provider has chosen to cope with such emails.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Web Hosting

If you host a domain in a shared web hosting account with us, all the mandatory records for using the DomainKeys Identified Mail option will be created by default. This will happen as soon as you add the domain in the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel, on the condition that your domain also uses our NS resource records. A private cryptographic key will be created on our mail servers, while a public key will be added to the Domain Name System automatically by using the TXT resource record. In this way, you won’t need to do anything manually and you will be able to take full advantage of all the benefits of this email validation system – your emails will reach any destination without being discarded and nobody will be able to send messages forging your addresses. The latter is very important in case the type of your online presence suggests sending periodic offers or newsletters via email to prospective and existing clients.